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Bailey, Kieren – Computers in Libraries, 2011
What do Google Maps and a library's Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) have in common? Google Maps provides users with all the information they need for a trip in one place; users can get directions and find out what attractions, hotels, and restaurants are close by. Librarians must find the ultimate OPAC that will provide, in one place, all the…
Descriptors: Online Catalogs, Librarians, Libraries, Users (Information)
Zeeman, Deane; Jones, Rebecca; Dysart, Jane – Computers in Libraries, 2011
This study reports on the results of interviews conducted in December 2009 and January 2010 to identify innovative service trends in library and information services in the government and corporate arenas. The study was undertaken as part of a Library and Archives Canada (LAC) research project to inform the Government of Canada Assistant Deputy…
Descriptors: Expertise, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Government Libraries
Cunningham, Heather; Feder, Elah; Muise, Isaac – Computers in Libraries, 2010
The Gerstein Science Information Centre (Gerstein Library) is one of 40 libraries within the University of Toronto (U of T) and is the largest academic science and health science library in Canada. It offers 109 computers and two networked printers for student, staff, and faculty use. In addition, the library provides patrons' laptops with…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Foreign Countries, Library Services, Paper (Material)
Dempsey, Kathy – Computers in Libraries, 2011
In the summer of 2010, Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam started offering the world's first library in an airport. This article describes Airport Library which is no ordinary library. It holds more than 1,200 items, but it lends nothing. It operates 24/7, yet it's only staffed by volunteers for 2 or 3 hours a day. It offers just nine public-access…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Air Transportation, Internet, Library Services
Breeding, Marshall – Computers in Libraries, 2008
The author has been extremely fortunate over the last few years to have had the opportunity to travel to many different parts of the world and speak and work with librarians in many countries and to have the chance to see first-hand some incredible libraries that demonstrate creative approaches to library services, innovative uses of technology,…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Libraries, Library Automation, Library Services
Kaser, Dick – Computers in Libraries, 2009
When the author went to the Frankfurt Book Fair in mid-October in search of an ebooks update story, he learned from vendors that, in a decade-long struggle to grasp a foothold, ebooks are finally coming of age in libraries of all kinds. Though ebook's past may have been one of false hopes and nonstarts, according to all accounts, it was the…
Descriptors: Vendors, Books, Electronic Publishing, Libraries
Bailey, Kieren – Computers in Libraries, 2011
Two of the most time-consuming jobs in the library are taking inventory and keeping track of in-house uses of library material. Librarians have long been searching for more efficient solution for these two activities. New technology can be the answer to creating efficiency for libraries. In fact, if one is a SirsiDynix library, there is an easy…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Private Colleges, Foreign Countries, Library Services
Aegard, Joanna – Computers in Libraries, 2010
In 2009, the author spearheaded the Thunder Bay Public Library's (TBPL) service audit on kiosks. A task force comprising staff from the children's, reference, and adult services departments was formed to work on the audit. Task force members worked together and studied how patrons and staff use kiosks, conducted a literature review, surveyed other…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Audits (Verification), Library Research, Use Studies
Ellis, Mark – Computers in Libraries, 2008
Richmond Public Library (RPL) is a four-branch suburban library with the highest per capita circulation of any comparable library in Canada. While DVDs naturally fit into RPL's emphasis on popular material, circulating them using the standard model proved problematic: Long hold queues built up, DVDs idled on the hold shelves, and the circulation…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Foreign Countries, Vendors, Library Services
Rao, Y. Srinivasa; Choudhury, B. K. – Computers in Libraries, 2009
India is a huge country with a population of more than 1 billion. In India, by tradition, education and learning are highly valued. In fact, India has one of the largest higher education systems in the world, with regard to the number of institutions. Education is a necessity. It is the most effective instrument with which to imbue people with the…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Educational Technology
Mattison, David – Computers in Libraries, 1994
Describes free-nets as free public access community-based computer systems; explains how libraries and librarians participate in the free-net movement; discusses Canadian free-nets; considers the public library/free-net analogy; and provides a survey of library services on Internet-accessible free-nets and civic networks. (Contains four…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Information Services, Computer Networks, Foreign Countries
Lockton, Laurence – Computers in Libraries, 2006
In the past, it took the library staff of the University of Bath in United Kingdom around two weeks each autumn to produce cards for the main intake of its undergraduates. In this article, the author describes how he transformed the school's traditional library card production into a low-cost self-service system. He also describes how the new…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Library Services, Library Automation, Computer Software
Walsh, Taylor; And Others – Computers in Libraries, 1992
Edited transcripts of three talks presented at the 1991 Research and Education Networking (R&EN) Conference address municipal information systems, including descriptions of local networks, privacy issues, and future possibilities; networking in Canada, including CA*net, regional networks, and federal activities; and Canadian reactions to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Information Services, Computer Networks, Conferences
Wegener, Debby R. – Computers in Libraries, 2002
Describes how a secondary school library in Singapore created a Web portal for their new digital library. Topics include definitions of a portal versus a Web page or site; access to information; links; library services offered; and seeing things from a user's perspective rather than a librarian's perspective. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Library Services
Hansen, Per Hofman – Computers in Libraries, 2002
Describes MusiCat, an experimental user interface designed in Denmark that reflects the different ways that patrons think when searching for musical material on the Web. Discusses technology versus content; search trees that use a hierarchy of subject terms; and usability testing. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Foreign Countries, Library Services, Music
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